21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval Noah Harari
Harari's essays on the present: technology, politics, truth, resilience and meaning, including chapters on work, education and meditation. It is more uneven than his histories and more directly useful, especially the chapters on what to teach children and how to think clearly in an age of information overload.
Read it if…
you want Harari's thinking applied to current challenges.
Skip it if…
you want the history; see Sapiens.
Three things you will actually use
- Mental flexibility is the skill of the century.
- Clarity is power; most noise is designed.
- Know yourself before the algorithms do.
Do this first
Read the chapter on education and ask what skills you are building that will not be automated.
Our verdict
Uneven and useful.
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